The Parani-BCD100 is a Bluetooth Class 1 OEM module for OEM
manufacturers who want to implement Bluetooth Class 1 functionality with
their products cost effectively and also in timely manner. Users can
build their own antenna circuit around the BCD100 to lower the overall
cost while benefit from the BCD100’s field-proven standard SPP (Serial
Port Profile) firmware provided with no additional cost.
The BCD100 supports Class 1 Bluetooth transmission level for longer
communication distance typically ranges from 100 m up to 1 km. The
BCD100 supports UART, USB, I2C, PCM, PIO interfaces for the
communication with the OEM products.
The BCD100 is provided with Bluetooth v2.0 compatible firmware runs
internally for SPP (Serial Port Profile) applications by default. The
SPP firmware supports up to 4 simultaneous multiple connections and is
designed to work out-of-box for real world SPP applications such as POS
(Point-of-sales), industrial automation, remote metering and other
various applications. Optionally, the BCD100 can be supplied with only
software stack up to HCI level so entire Bluetooth stack runs on the
host side for the application such as USB dongles for computers, or OEM
manufacturers can even develop and embed their own firmware into the
BCD100.
The BCD100 is fully qualified with Bluetooth v.2.0+EDR specification so
OEM manufacturers can save cost and time for overall OEM product
certifications, which makes the BCD100 ideal solution for larger volume
and cost sensitive applications.
The main applications of Parani-BCD100 are as follows :
- High-speed data transceiver systems for long distance communication
- PCs/Personal Digital Assistants (PDA)
- Bluetooth USB dongle
- Bluetooth serial dongle
- Bluetooth access points
- Industrial automation devices
- Remote metering devices
- POS (Point-of-sales) devices